Our latest guest podcast here at Potholes is handled by none other than one of my favorite rappers of all time: Pharoahe Monch. The Queens representative shot over a killer 15-track playlist featuring a slew of jazz fusion records, some futuristic indie synth-pop, and choice Georgia Anne Muldrow cuts. Additionally, Monch provided explanations for why he chose each track.

You can stream the podcast, peep the track listing, and his write up below.

Shafiq Husayn is among the top five drum programmers of our time. This whole album is inspiring.

I love the feel of this record and the harmonies.

Dude has hair on his feet, (beast) on bass.

Classic, one of the songs that inspired me to rap.

This song evokes tears in a spiritual way, speaks to the spirit. Georgia is in my top 10 favorite female vocalists ever in life. I have everything she’s done. I even bought the songs she hasn’t made yet.

This was my wake up song for September.

My driving song for summer of 2010

Eugene McDaniels is my HERO. I try to be like him all the time in my music in everything I do.

Hardcore!

I refer back to Eugene McDaniels when I get writers block.

I listened to this song on tour two years ago after visiting a medicinal weed spot in SF (they’re amazing).